The life of a High School Student 2012

The life of a High School Student 2012

I took time to sit down with a few different high school to get their personal feel of what high school is like in 2012. It has been several years since I walked the halls of my high school and I am sure it is for a lot of my readers. I wanted to see how much it compares to how it was when I was in school. So here is my interview conducted from 3 different high school students from very different walks of life and different high schools.

Interview #1

Chelbi- 16 years old
Q-What grade are you in?
A-11th Grade Junior

Q-What do you feel is the hardest pressure on student's in school today?
A-To go out and party and drink alcohol.

Q-Do you plan on going to college, and if so what do you want to major in?
A-Yes I do, and I want to major in special education teaching.

Q-What is the biggest trend that goes on around your school?
A-Sadly, it's party

Q-Do you tend to follow a certain clique?
A-No, I'm more of a by myself person

Q-Do you feel like you receive a lot of homework everynight?
A-If I did not have a study hall to complete most of it, then yes I would have a lot.

Q-Do you feel there is a lot of bullying and/or violence at your school?
A-Yes, a lot more than there should be. The whole time I've been attending high school there has been 7 or 8 fights between people over calling names, or judging people

Q-Are you excited for school to end or scared to be out of high school?
A-I'm scared to face the real world after high school.

Q-Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A-Hopefully graduated from college and pursuing my career in teaching elementary special education
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Interview #2

David- 17 years old
Q-What grade are you in?
A-12th Grade Senior

Q-What do you feel is the hardest pressure on student's in school today?
A-Fitting in with others because no one wants to be a outcast. That can explain kids falling into peer pressure because their "Friends" want them to do drugs for example, and they don't want to look like a loser, so they do it.

Q-Do you plan on going to college, and if so what do you want to major in?
A-I do plan on going to college but not sure what to major in.

Q-What is the biggest trend that goes on around your school?
A-A lot of kids smoke. More then I use to think. And there's northface jackets everywhere.

Q-Do you tend to follow a certain clique?
A-Not really. I know that's what most kids would probably say, but I don't see myself following into any of the sterotypical groups.

Q-Do you feel like you receive a lot of homework everynight?
A-Not really. I have stuff to do, but I'm not usually overwhelmed unless I procrastinate or don't understand it.

Q-Do you feel there is a lot of bullying and/or violence at your school?
A-There's a good amount. From the message written on the bathroom wall about the possible shooting, there's people who like scaring others or are just looking to be funny.

Q-Are you excited for school to end or scared to be out of high school?
A-Both. I don't want it to end because that is all I know, but a whole new experience is right around the corner. Am I scared? Yes. But I'm also excited.

Q-Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A-Oh goodness. Most likely out of college, with a job, just going through the daily grinds of life. Having my own place, a girlfriend, and most importantly winning the lottery. Scratch that last one, but I plan on being happy. That's the goal!
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Interview #3

Liz- 15 years old
Q-What grade are you in?
A-10th Grade Sophomore 10th Grade

Q-What do you feel is the hardest pressure on student's in school today?
A-The way they push you to choose your career path in the ninth grade. Yeah, it can be nice to know what you want to do so you can start preparing early; but you shouldn't be pushed to choose what you want to do for the rest of your life if you don't already have an idea already

Q-Do you plan on going to college, and if so what do you want to major in?
A-I want to go to college, but it's really expensive and I don't want to spend the rest of my life in debt. I'm tied between the fine arts field and the medical field. (I know, two REALLY different things) I'd like to do something like work in the E.R. or the ICU maybe, but at the same time I want to own a tattoo and piercing shop.

Q-What is the biggest trend that goes on around your school?
A-Depends on what group/clique you're in. For the 'jocks', they seem to be most interested in driving right now if that counts as a trend. If you mean by stuff people wear, then skinny jeans. 98% of the school has at least one pair of skinny jeans. And at the moment for TV, not everyone but quite a few people have decided they like the anime Naruto<3 it's probably because they are airing it on Toonami again. But I've been following Naruto since I was in 4th grade. hehe

Q-Do you tend to follow a certain clique?
A- I'm not 100% sure. I know when I moved to WV last year, I had trouble finding friends, but the people that were nicest and quickest to accept me were the one that dressed the strangest from a 'normal' person's perspective. Like rainbow dyed hair and a lot of piercings. I'm not sure if you saw it when it first happened and was on the news, but at one point there was something about kids wearing foxtails and forming a wolf pack. And one girl made a similar group based off of it.Basically a wolf pack it a tight knit group where we look and depend on each other like family.But I just look as it as my friends. We don't need a label to feel like we belong.

Q-Do you feel like you receive a lot of homework everynight?
A-Depends. Some days more than others. Like yesterday I had two assignments in science, two assignments in fine arts, memorizing an entire set of vocabulary in one night for Japanese, and one assignment in health. But today I only had one assignment in health and one assignment in science.

Q-Do you feel there is a lot of bullying and/or violence at your school?
A- There can be. If you're not looking to see it, then you won't see it. If you are and you know what it looks like, then you will. People are 'getting better at hiding it. And it's not good.

Q-Are you excited for school to end or scared to be out of high school?
A-I'm not sure. On one hand, it means that I can go out in the world and start my own life, but then there's the problem with money. Especially the way the government and economy are looking money will probably be an issue by the time I'm out of high school. Worse than it is now.

Q-Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A-I'm not sure. I'm not even sure where to see myself in a month. Life changes easily

I really enjoyed seeing each one of there personalities unfold with these questions and get a glimpse into the life of a High School Student once again...